Esther chapter 3

Haman the Son of Hammedath v.1

He was called the Agagite. This could mean that came was an Amalekite, the enemy of the Jews.

This also could mean he was from the province Agag located in the Persian empire of that time

He had been promoted while Mordecai was unrewarded for saving the kings life

Mordecai’s irreverence v.2-3

The king had given the order for Haman to be bowed before v.2

This is not the same as Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, for He was not required to worship but bow in respect

It is most likely he did not bow out of stubbornness, then tried to use his nationality as an excuse

Haman’s reaction v.4-6

Haman probably looked upon the Jews as a servant nation

He was not comforted by killing just Mordecai but to kill his whole nation

The Pur or Lot v.7

Those in the east were very superstitious and sought the will of the gods. This also is a form of their ultimate desire to depend upon fate.

He cast for the month and for the day on which the act would take place.

Convincing the King v.8-11

Haman made the Jews seem like a threat to the kingdom as a whole from one incident against him

He offered a substantial amount of money. 750,000 lbs of silver or 2 to 3 million dollars

did the king take it?

The permission to do it and the royal signet was given to give him the authority to do it

News travels fast v.12-17

The scribes were given the order quickly to the satraps and the under satraps. Lt’s and governors

posts were stables set up a days ride apart from one another by king Cyrus to get information out quickly

Criminals and all kinds of enemies were killed with there whole family so as not to fear the next generations revenge

Those who killed the people will take the spoil as a prize

As Nero fiddled while Rome was burning, so these two sat and had a drink. Cold and callus to the destruction of life just planned.